Thats one big snowman

Bug catcher

My niece loves catching bugs. There is a spider in that jar.

Boondocks

My nephew decided to go to Boondocks for his birthday. It was fun....

Found a few extra balls playing mini golf

Laser tag with complete strangers
(That's right, i don't know those kids.)

Go-Karts are more fun when you play bumper cars with them.

Recent Photos

Went to the park with the Josie Family

Went to the park with the Josie Family

New web site video

New video has been posted on deepfocusstudios.com.

The Pie...

Went to the Pie for the first time for my family's November birthdays... there are 8 or so birthdays this month... The pizza wasn't as good as everyone told me it would be... might have had something to do with the bazillain high school kids out on dates....

Took these photos with my phone.

Fantasy!

I’ve been working on this new style of photography. I’ve really wanted to start photographing more creative projects and I’ve finally been able to accomplish that recently.

The style is Magical Realism in photography. Basically that means there is a fantastic or imaginative element to a real setting. These portraits are a lot of fun, especially when the person being photographed really gets into the shoot. To see some images so far check out my personal website using the keyword Fairy Tale http://www.jprasmussen.com/index.php?x=browse&category=16

OnStar?

I just wanted to make a comment about a commercial I heard last night.  It was about the OnStar service you can subscribe to. They made a big deal about how this amazing service is useful for unlocking your car door when you lock your keys inside… then they continued to talk about how many people lock their keys in their car each year or something along those lines. 

 

Okay, good for them for advertising, but it just sounded like they were really trying to say “If you’re dumb enough to lock your keys in your car then we have a service for you!”.

 

C’mon people lets be a little smarter than that…

I've been distracted...

I haven't posted in a while, here are few newborn photos and a wedding from the summer:

Newborn baby Trinity

This wedding was from this summer.

Moab Birthday

I took off for the weekend of my birthday to Moab. Here are a few shots from the trip... you can see more at jprasmussen.com

UPVA Awards

This week at the UPVA Awards Banquet I received a couple of wall decorations to prove that I was on the board of directors this year and last year and a Gold Medal. Last year I received a Silver Medal and another one of those wall decorations because I've been on the board since 2005.

Recent Bridals

Here's a photo from a recent bridal shoot. There were so many great photos but I think this one is in the top favorites. Maybe I'll post more after her wedding.

Hypnotized Bunny

I thought this was funny, my rabbit was either completely hypnotized or just playing dead. Either way it was entertaining and lasted a minute or two so I took this photo with my cell phone.

Fun with wind and rain...

Earlier tonight quite the storm passed through the neighborhood...

Here's your problem.... a big stick fell on your car!
Well, I guess I should explain. A huge wind storm came through Salt Lake and I when I looked out side to see what the weather was doing to the neighborhood I saw the neighbors out side looking at their car. I went over to see what happened (and take a picture of course) and it turns out that the "large stick" that is laying on this car came from someone's carport that was across the street and two houses away. This "stick" also knocked down a number of fences on it's way to land on this car. Talk about aim!

oh and I some of this out over the lake...

Self Portrait

Yesterday I noticed this field and decided it was a good place to take my own portrait.

Deep Focus Goes Mobile!

Well, recently I've been sucked into this mobile web trap. While using the mobile web recently I decided that since I've spent so much time working on the new web site design that I could easily make a mobile web version. So, I did.

The mobile web url is www.deepfocus.mobi. If you browse there with your desktop browser it will just redirect you to the .com. So make sure you check it out on your mobile device!

Right now it's fairly basic, mostly because of the limitations to mobile technology, but despite that I will be adding as much as I can to the mobile site.

Drive By Shooting

I've started a new series of photos that I am calling the "Drive By Shooting" series. Here are a two images from that on going series. I'll continue to add more as I get them.

In case the name isn't descriptive enough these are basically shots that I have taken from my car. Some are driving others are at the stop light. Either way they are a lot of fun to look at after.




You can see more on my personal website here.

New Web Site Design.

I've been working on a new web site design off and on for about two months now. I've decided that it's ready enough to launch this week. I most likely will launch the new site some time late late Friday night or Saturday morning.

Here is a screen shot preview of the design:


The front page now has a video player that will eventually host interviews and samples of work. For now it's just going to play a video to remind you of Family Portrait Month in October.

Some of the other changes include: better organized menus, a little more content (even more coming soon), and everything is written in PHP which will allow for site growth in the future.

Also a few changes to the proofing system have been made. When users log in they will be taken directly to their photos. The prices list has be organized again, I'm not sure what happened before but some how they got all mixed up, and now less obtrusive watermarks and proofing numbers on the photos themselves.

Change is good, anyone who's been a client with me for more than 6 months knows that I tend to re-design the website about that often.

Quiet and fun....

Last Friday I was lucky enough to be a part of the most quiet but still very fun weddings I've been to in a while. There were a total of 9 people there even counting me. And that's exactly what this couple wanted. This ceremony took place up at the top of the glen inside Rose Sach's Gardens.

What to do in the passenger seat?

On a long trip back home from a shoot I was in the passenger seat and found that it was very entertaining to take my camera and shoot out the window at the other cars and lights. Here are the results of it...




On a long trip back home from a shoot I was in the passenger seat and found that it was very entertaining to take my camera and shoot out the window at the other cars and lights. Here are the results of it...

Last Weekend's Storm...

These lighting strikes were hitting somewhere north east of the Salt Lake. Yes, I like to play in electrical storms.

The Kemp Family

Saturday I was able to enjoy the Kemp Family. Kids will be kids and it turned out it was easier to throw them around instead of getting them to sit down for the photos.





By the way, no kids were harmed in the photographing of this blog entry.

It's been a while...

Well I've been such a slacker on posting new images and things. But I'm going to do better. I have a lot of great photos that I need to get on here.

Last weekend I went camping out near Starvation Reservoir. I had fun floating on the water all day with out the camera, but back at camp I got a few images.

Cactus in the desert... who would have thought.

One of the many hummingbirds flying around the campsite.

Nothing better than campfire by moonlight.
It was a full moon that night.

Believe it or not, this photo was taken after 10pm that night. The moon was very bright.

Beesley Family